Class of 1951
1951 Maroon Spotlight
Alice Croake
1951 Graduation EditionPerry Daily Journal
Alice Catherine Croake, 18-year-old daughter of Dr. and Mrs. D. F. Croake, route 4, Perry, is undecided about her plans after graduation. She has attended Perry schools eight years. Miss Croake attended St. Joseph academy in Perry four years. Before coming to Perry she attended Hemphling school for four years. She is a member of the Catholic Study club.
Alice Catherine (Croake) Urban
July 5, 1932 – December 12, 2014
Alice C. Urban, 82, of Colby, died Friday, December 12, 2014, at Citizen’s Medical Center after a long battle with cancer.
She was born July 5, 1932, in Guthrie, OK, to Dennis D.D.S and Margaret (McCormick) Croake. She married Kenneth Urban on July 16, 1960, in Perry, OK.
Alice was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Colby. She enjoyed traveling, swimming, visiting with friends and especially spending time with her granddaughters.
Alice was preceded in death by her husband; parents and sister Ellen Ann Sorrels.
She is survived by her children, Kevin Urban, Thomas Urban and Kathy (Shawn) Diederich; granddaughters, Samantha and Katelyn and sister, Rose Mary Tate-Winder.
Funeral Mass will take place at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, December 16, 2014, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Colby. Burial will be in the Oberlin Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the church in care of Baalmann Mortuary, PO Box 391, Colby, KS 67701.